Parlor coal-box



(No Model.)

C. FISHBAGK. PARLOR GOAL BOX.

Patented Deo. 1, `1891'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

oHARLEsEI'sIIBAcK, or sT.v Louis, MISSOURI.

APARLoR COAL-Box.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent NO. 464,250, dated December1, 1891. Application filed October 3, 1890. Serial No. 366,962. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, CHARLES FIsHBAoK, of the city of St. Louis andState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inParlor Coal-Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accolnpanying drawings, forminga part hereof.

My invention has for its object to provide a novel, ornamental, andsimple construction in a parlor-coal-box; and it consists'in-the novelcombination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and designated in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my completeinvention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, l represents a box or receptacle of anysuitable shape, butl suitably ornamented to represent a cabinet or otherparlor ornament or furniture, by which means the same is not noticeableforthe purposes for which it is intended and rather forms an ornament ofa room.

2 represents handles secured to each side of the box or receptacle, bymeans of which the same may be carried from place to place, and to thebottom thereof are secured casters or rollers 3, by means of Which'thesame may be moved upon the oor of the room on whichv it is placed.

To the top of the box or receptacle is hinged a cover 4, which is of theusual construction and is suitably ornamented in design. The front ofthe box or receptacle 1 terminates at its lower edge at a certaindistance from the bottom thereof, by which means an opening 5 is formedtherein through which the coal or other fuel is removed from the box.

To the lower edge of the front of the box 6 is hinged a door or lid '7,the width of which corresponds to the width of the opening 5 formed inthe same. The lid or door is provided with bolts 9, the ends of whichenter holes 10, formed on the inside of the receptacle 1, for lockingthe said lid in a closed position.

l l1 represents the bottom of the box or receptacle, which bottomextends some distance beyond the front surface of the same and forms aplatform 12, by means of which a shovel is guided under the coal orother fuel contained inthe box. To the inside surface of the front 6 ofthe receptacle is secured a shed 13, the lower edge of which isapproximately on a line with the lower edge of the said side of thereceptacle. Triangular blocks 14 are interposed between the shed and thefront side of the receptacle, which act as a support-for the said shed.

` By the construction of the shed as described ltained in the saidreceptacle for use.

The interior of the box or receptacle is lined with sheet-iron 15 andsecured thereto by means of nails, tacks, or other similar devices,which prevents the said box from being disgured through the rough usesto which it is necessarily subjected. It will be noticed that as thesheathing of the platform extends over the projecting edge thereof theengagement of the edge by a shovel is prevented. The bottoni 11 restsYon the cleats 16, but is not fastened thereto. The object of this is toenable the said bottom to be slid out when it is desirable to dischargethe entire contents of the box after the latter has been removed to asuitable' place.

I am aware that prior to my invention various coal-boxesrhave beenconstructed having openings therein to receive and remove the fuel. Theobject of my invention is to produce an ornamental and attractivereceptacle for such purposes, by means of which a sufficient quantity offuel maybe always kept in the house, and `by removing the same by usingthe dirt and dust are entirely dispensed with by means of theconstruction as previously described.`

I-Iaving fully described my'invention, what I claim is Y A receptaclefor coal, having an aperture 5 therein at its lower edge, a door 7,adapted In testimony whereof I affix my signature in to close the saidaperture, a, shed 13, blocks presence of two witnesses.

14 for supporting the said shed, and a removable bottom, the forwardedge of which pro- CHARLES FISHBAbK' jects, said bottom adapted to beremoved for Witnesses: discharging the full contents of the box, sub'-E. E. LONGAN, stautially as described. A C. F. KILLER.

